💫WEB · John 6:56
What does John 6:56 mean?
"He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him."
— John 6:56 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don’t have life in yourselves.
He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him.
As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.
This is the bread which came down out of heaven—not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.”
He said these things in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
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